Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-01-28

nicrrnE FRAMES are cheap at Clapp & Junrss
Dinner at II O'Clock DC at Bss's
Lunches from De- up at Blisss
Lodging from 2ic up at Bliss's
Meals cooked to order at Bliss's
Table hoard, q meals, $500 per week at BLESS
Picture frames in great variety at A. +. Wid,r's
Shop Open evenings from tos
Euy Picture Frames Of Grddis.
ARTISTIC rlcruaE FH,MINa at Capp a Joness
BrntiIebOrO.
f. j Bailey x Co. have sold Willis ]
Rays farm in Dummerston to Albert Ash
craft OF Harrsvlle, n. Y, for SllOO Al
,o the handsome oak and bass timber lot of
\. b. Knapp TO w q. Doolttle for 500
At the annual meeting of the Universal
list ladies' sewing circle Thursday afternoon
the following officers were elected Presi
dent, Mrs. II. Atherton vice presidents
Mrs j. +. Hubbard, Mrs. p Barrows sec
rotary, Mrs J. f. Stearns treasurer. Mrs
f. II. Harris; directresses, Mrs. W. c.
Stone, Mrs. A. Rockwell Mrs. G. +. Reed
Mrs. II. Jones, Mrs. II. Rowe, Miss Nettic
Starr
Rev. c. O. Day is expected to lecture he
fore the village Chautauqua circle Wednes
day evening, Feb. ,.
We learn that there is prospect that the
business, machinery tools, etc, of the Far
row Firearms company will pass into the
hands of Mr.. Farrow by purchase, and that
hc will continue the work of manufacture
on his own account.
Large delegations Of odd Fellows from
this place will attend the annual meetings
of the Grand Encampment and Sovereign
Grand lodge to he held at Bradford next
Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Baptist society's socable, held ON
Wednesday evening at the residence of
Col j. j. Estey, was largely attended, and
was made more than usually enjoyable by
the presentation of orchestral and vocal
music, recitations, etc, Of pleasing char
acter.
The new village lookup proves to he
quite popular as lodging place for tramps
its occupants averaging about one per
night since its completion One night there
were ten applicants for lodgings at the pub
lie expense six of whom had to he denied
for lack of accommodations.
Several couples of Brattleboro young peo
pie went to West Chesterfield Tuesday
evening to witness the Murray clubs pre-
,entation of Our Folks" and to enjoy the
dance following the play. The club realz-
ed small sum above expenses and all the
Brnttleboro people report good time
4 meeting of the l. o. G.. 7. for the cleo
ton of officers will be held Monday evening
Sedgwick relief corps will have "A supper
and sociable at Grand Army hall next Tues
day evening.
W. r. Phillips. who was burned out ut
Townshend last fall, has gone to work AS
clerk in Smiths grocery store, where he
will be glad to meet old friends and new
The Vermont Valley road makes excur
sion rates during the Montreal carnival.
Round trip tickets from Brattleboro are
$50 and from Bellows Falls $500, and are
good to 90 from Jan 3lst to Feb 10th in
elusive and to return any time before Feb.
20. with choice of routes via the Central
Vermont or Passumpsic lines.
The children's temperance celebration at
the town hall Sunday at p. NJ promises to
bee very interesting occasion. The pro
gram includes exercises by the children ON
the topics, 'lntemperance the enemy of the
children" and The children the conquerors
Of intemperance, short addresses by Rev.
Messrs Merrill and Parry and Miss Kim
ball, and singing, including the Marching
Song Miss Knmball's talks possess spec
ial charm for the little folk and it is hoped
they will be present in large numbers at
this service.
Rev. Mr.. Parry's sermon last Sunday even
ing was of special interest to young men,
being devoted to a consideration of some of
the elements of true manliness On sun
day evening, Feb g. he will preach to the
young women.
After some ten days digging at various
points on Oak Grove and Main streets, the
offensive gas leakage which 50 disturbed the
residents Of those streets was found to pro
coed from IA break in one of the Brattle-
huro gas compunys mains iii front OF the
Brooks library building whence the gas
followed the sewer pipes What caused the
break is II matter of conjecture only. One
theory is that it was occasiOned by the pas
sage over it of the big stone for the sol
diers' monument last fall, and that the dis
placement has been subsequently increased
by the frost.
Geo W. Fuller, Oscar Smith, Geo. b.
Goldman and Darwin f. Carpenter were ar
rested and brought before Justice Newton
ON Monday, on complaint of Grand Juror
Geo, II. Clark, for keeping dogs contrary
to law, and were fined each $50 and costs,
amounting to S19.4l. Several other par
ties keeping unlicensed dogs have taken
warning within few days and paid their
fines without waiting for an official escort,
and we understand that there are many
other persons about town whom the town
clerk would like to hear from in this con
necton.
Barna Pratt has made verbal purchase
of II. W. Simonds's place ON Spruce street,
The Unitarian Sunday school will be held
until further notice at the usual hour OF
morning service.
Dr. Miller has recovered from his recent
illness and is attending to his patients
again
Owing to the union temperance meeting
next sunday evening, the lecture at the
Uniyersalist church will be postponed.
Drs Post and Clark will be prepared to
receive their patrons in their new dental
office over F. A. Whitney x Co. s clothing
store the first of next week.
Mr.. Taylor has II very broad hint to de
hnquent tax payers in notice elsewhere
published.
The young ladies of the Ruthian society
give an orange lunch party at the Baptist
vestry next Thursday evening.
Ranger x Thompson and l. b. Taft have
sold the JENNIE house on Green street to A.
b. Gibbs, for S23OO,
The ladies of the Centre church announce
sociable and supper at their parlors next
Thursday evening
Mortimer Whitehead, lecturer of the Ma
tonal grange, will speak at Crosby hall
next Tuesday afternoon and evening, Feb.
!. The afternoon meeting will he for mem
hers of the grange. The evening meeting
will he open to all and the public are in
vited 10 attend. There will he no charge
for admission.
The Springfield Union, in its issue of
Wednesday night, had II cut of j. NJ. Cur
. h.. aud alratab pf his lifa
accompanying its account of the Brooks Ii
brary dedication. From this it appears that
Mr.. Curricr is a native of Troy this state,
where he was born Aug. %, 1918. He
learned the carpenters trade when boy
in his teens, went in his early manhood to
Manchester, n. H., and thence 10 Palmer,
Mass and afterward to Springfield, where
he studied architecture and in 1913 began
business for himself in that city as an ar
chitect and builder. Some of the best pub
lie and private buildings in western Massa
chusetts have been built from his plans and
under his supervision. For two years after
the great fire in st. John, n. b., in 1871
Mr., Currier lived in that city and aided IN
rebuilding it,
The "Ys" and invited friends had pleas
ant sociahle at the Oak -street home OF their
secretary, Miss Annie Wyman, ON Wednes-
day evening. Games were played and va
rous social diversions enjoyed. Several of
the company, presumably proud of their
knowledge of zodtomy, competed in trial
of skill in this department of science, Miss
Minnie Horton proving the fortunate win
ner of the valuable first prize and w. b.
Goodrich of the bloody" novel feature
of the occasion was the letter addressed TO
the absent president, Miss Belle Clark, which
can hardly fail TO he a source of intense de
light to its recipient, both from its intrinsic